The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 202: Americans are shocked, AMG is very depressed
"Woodcock, this is the latest information we have collected. A new type of military vehicle has appeared in China. It looks very tough. Judging from the content of the report, it seems that its actual combat performance is also very good."

"I think it is necessary to report this news to the country as soon as possible so that the relevant departments can assess the impact of this matter."

As the China expert in the American Embassy, ​​Smith, in addition to dealing with daily internal affairs, is naturally also tasked with collecting some information about China.

This is a universal unspoken rule.

Information such as military-related information is naturally the focus of collection.

Smith had already compiled a lot of information and reported on China's actions in the south.

His upgrade from an attendant to a third-class secretary was also related to his previous efforts.

After tasting the sweetness, Smith naturally became more enthusiastic about this kind of work.

“There’s only one picture and related reports, but no more performance parameters?”

Woodcock quickly glanced through the information compiled by Smith and did not feel particularly satisfied.

He could anticipate that after submitting the information, he would face various inquiries.

Under normal circumstances, he would definitely hope to clarify these issues and then report them together.

"Further information is still under investigation, but judging from this report, this Hummer military vehicle should have only appeared this year, and there was no news before that."

"I think we can investigate from two aspects at the same time. On the one hand, we can let the domestic personnel in Annan know the actual combat situation. On the other hand, we can continue to investigate in China."

"Of course, since our relationship is good now and the information about this car has appeared in the newspaper, I think we can ask through the official channels of the embassy to see if this car can also be included in the list of aid to Afghanistan."

"In this way, the relevant performance parameter information can be obtained quickly."

After Smith said this, Woodcock became interested.

It sounds like several plans are feasible if we proceed together.

You can definitely give it a try yourself.

"Then we will proceed according to your plan. I will also formally arrange for personnel to contact the relevant Chinese departments."

"While reporting the information domestically, please also tell us about our next steps."

After these instructions were given, the American Embassy immediately took action.

When this news reached the United States, the auto giants that were bidding for the United States' new generation of high-performance military vehicle project were immediately stunned.

"Thomson, the Pentagon just sent a document to various car companies. I think you need to take a good look at it."

Robert called the design director Thomson to his office with a grim look on his face.

As the president of AMC, Robert has been under a lot of pressure in the past year.

The company's operating conditions are not very good, especially since oil prices have continued to rise since last year. American car companies seem to be a bit overwhelmed when facing competition from fuel-efficient Japanese cars.

These will all have a very negative impact on the financial statements.

In order to reverse this situation, Robert invested most of the company's R&D resources into the project of America's new generation of high-performance off-road military vehicles.

Various new technologies of AMC are used in this car under development, and it has now reached the stage of preparing for production of prototypes.

Once the prototype is produced next year and passes the review of relevant American departments, AMC will be able to organize large-scale production immediately.

By that time, their company's financial reports will definitely improve significantly.

After all, the prices for orders from relevant American departments are still very attractive.

But at this critical moment, he saw the military vehicles reported in Chinese newspapers, which seemed to be highly similar to his own new generation of products.

In an instant, his mood turned bad.

"Robert, I will immediately arrange for someone to investigate to see if anyone has leaked the company's secrets."

"Especially in the department of exterior and body design, I will have people focus on confirming it."

"In recent years, a group of Chinese engineers have been promoted within the company. It is very likely that these people leaked the secrets."

After Thomson read the report that had been translated into English, his expression changed immediately.

How come the car model that I am responsible for was released in China ahead of time?

AMC's similar products are still on the drawing board.

This is unreasonable.

"We haven't even produced a prototype yet, but China's Hummer military vehicle has already been put into use on the battlefield."

"When do you think the company's technicians leaked the information to the other party, which made it possible for the other party to produce the vehicle earlier than us?"

Robert was obviously very dissatisfied with what Thomson said.

Is this a way of fooling yourself when you don't understand?

And leaked secrets!
The project was only officially launched within AMC last year, and the design plan was only finalized this year. Samples have not yet started production and the prototype car does not even exist.

In this case, even if China could get the latest intelligence information from AMC every day, it would be impossible to produce the vehicles so quickly.

The only possibility is that someone in AMC's design team was lazy and obtained the appearance information of the Chinese Hummer military vehicle through some unknown channel, and then promoted it as their own design plan within the company.

If this matter were known by other car companies such as General Motors and Ford, AMC would be very embarrassed.

When did American car companies fall to the point where they need to copy the design of Chinese cars? "This situation is indeed a bit strange. I will investigate first and then see what is going on."

Thomson also realized that his answer just now was a bit wrong.

Now seeing Robert so angry, I didn't dare to say anything more.

After all, no matter which possibility it was, it was not good news for him.

"Not only did we receive the information related to this news report, but several other car companies must have also received it."

"If other car companies use this news to adjust their bidding plans for the next generation of high-performance off-road vehicles, it is likely to have a very adverse impact on us."

"You have to think carefully about this aspect."

Robert will definitely pass his pressure down to each level of management.

Otherwise he felt he couldn't bear it.

……

"Austin, what do you think about this?"

While AMC was worrying about the information passed on by the Pentagon, General Motors was also not idle.

As the largest automaker in the United States, General Motors is also facing great pressure.

Automakers such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia are growing so fast in the American market that their annual growth rates are higher than those of General Motors.

Large-displacement models and some military-related products were originally GM's advantage projects. As president, Murphy naturally hopes to continue the advantage projects while improving the competitiveness of other products.

In this situation, Murphy suddenly had a lot of questions in his mind when he received the information from the Pentagon.

When Murphy personally visited China last year, he also arranged for someone to conduct a survey on the development of China's automobile industry.

The conclusion is that China's automobile industry will not bring any impact to General Motors' global development.

The other party's technical level is completely not on the same level as General Motors.

This conclusion can also be drawn from the fact that the other party hopes to introduce some heavy-duty truck technologies.

But after seeing the condition of the Hummer military vehicles today, he began to have some doubts about his conclusion last year.

"Murphy, this situation is a bit strange."

"Let alone other performance features, the exterior design of the Hummer military vehicle alone is very impressive."

"It can be said that it is more sturdy and more modern than any other military vehicle mass-produced in any country in the world today."

"It's like a phoenix suddenly emerged from a flock of chickens."

"It's hard to believe that this is a product produced by a Chinese car factory."

Austin was also puzzled now.

Although the pictures in the material are not particularly clear, you can still see a lot of things.

This is definitely a product worthy of the attention of all automobile companies.

"Aren't we designing a new military off-road vehicle to compete for the Pentagon?"

“Can we find a way to further collect relevant information to see if it can help us design our products?”

"It just so happens that we have established connections with the Automobile Bureau of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry of China and the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant. We can make use of these connections."

Now that the company has received the intelligence collected and organized by relevant departments, Murphy must think about how to use this information.

The relevant departments will forward this information, which also shows that the other party attaches great importance to this content.

"The appearance of this military vehicle called Hummer really surprised me."

"I plan to go to China again and continue communicating with them."

"It just so happens that our new generation flagship sedan has entered the stage of preparing for prototype production. I have some questions and would like to talk to Jiang Hui about them."

Austin thought about it and decided that he should fly to China in person.

Otherwise, the information collected and organized through other channels will definitely not be complete.

The most important thing is that he has a hunch that Jiang Hui must know some information about this Hummer military vehicle of China, and he is even directly involved in this project.

In the entire Chinese automobile industry, Austin only has a special impression of Jiang Hui.

Normally, a car like the Hummer, with such a striking appearance, should not appear in China.

Now that he has appeared, Austin feels that he must figure out the situation no matter what.

"That's fine too. By the way, invite Jiang Hui to our company for inspection or work. Let's invite him here first."

"If you don't look at the gap between China and America, simple persuasion will probably have little effect."

Murphy was still impressed by Jiang Hui.

Now that Austin wants to go to China, he will definitely support it.

(End of this chapter)